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KILN
kiln
(noun) a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
kiln (plural kilns)
An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.
Verb
kiln (third-person singular simple present kilns, present participle kilning, simple past and past participle kilned)
To bake in a kiln.
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Source: Wiktionary
Kiln, n. Etym: [OE.kilne, kulne, AS. cyln, cylen; akin to Icel. kylna; prob. from the same source as coal. See Coal.]
1. A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone.
2. A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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